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“That way, when it comes to the competition itself and you’re in front of the cameras, lights and the crowd you can take it on in a more relaxed fashion and focus on the challenge you are facing.

“Some people get out there and they're pumped full of adrenaline and that’s fine but for me I need to be relaxed before I go out there and it worked really well on this occasion.”

The set of Ninja Warrior UK (Image: Jacquie Shieff)

Ninja Warror UK airs on prime time ITV on a Saturday night and is hosted by the popular football commentator Chris Kamara with Ben Shephard, Rochelle Humes.

It pits athletes against each other to complete a taxing obstacle course over water using climbing ropes, swings and bars before ending on a climbing wall which needs to be scaled.

Tim, who was the winner of the first series of the programme in 2015, competed the course in an an amazing 55 seconds ahead of his nearest rivals who all took more than a minute or, in some cases, failed to complete the course.